The Centre for Jazz & Popular Music (031 260 3385) at the University of KZN hosts concerts every Wednesday during the semester from 18:00.

Other venues hosting live jazz and blues include Zack’sin Windermere Road (031 312 0755) with Live Jazz every Sunday at 16:00, Zack’s at Wilson’s Wharf (031 305 1677) with the Blues Train on Tuesdays. There are also Jazz Sundowners everySunday from 12:00-17:00.

Operating at the former Bean Bag Bohemia site in Lilian Ngoyi (Windermere) Road, Hai.bo (072 674 4609) incorporates fine dining, a bistro and tapas bar as well as a sports bar and outdoor café, and is open from 11:00 till late.

For a change in pace, there are also a number of dinner dances taking place around Durban: every Saturday Dinner Dance to the sounds of The Simon Kerdachi Trio at the Oysterbox Hotel; every Friday Dinner & Dance with live bands at Musketeers, the German Club, Westville (Charmaine 031 266 0836) from 22:00.